Ka`a uila mâkêneki
Hô`onioni kou kino
He mea ma`a mau ia
For you and I

I Kaka`ako mâkou
`Ai ana i ka pipi stew
He mea ma`a mau ia
For you and I

I Waikîkî mâkou
`Au ana i ke kai
He mea ma`a mau ia
For you and I

I Kapahulu mâkou
`Ai ana i ka lîpo`a
He mea ma`a mau ia
For you and I

Ha`ina mai ka puana
Kou le`ale`a paha
He mea ma`a mau ia
For you and I

Your laughter is so
contagiousIt's fun to be with you
Always a good timeFor you and I

The streetcar wheels
turn
Vibrating your bodyAlways a good time
For you and I

To Kaka`ako we go
Eating beef stewAlways a good time
For you and I

To Waikiki we go
Swimming in the seaAlways a good time
For you and I

To Kapahulu we go
Eating seaweedAlways a good time
For you and I

Tell the refrain
It's fun to be with you}
Always a good time}For you and I

Source: Leilehua Yuen as told by Nona Beamer - This song connects back to Kamehameha Schools students who would ride the
street cars of Honolulu together. On one particular outing in the early
1920ˆs, Pono Beamer was taking his sweetheart, Louise Walker, on the new line along King Street from Farrington High School (near the first
Kamehameha campus) to Kakaˆako. Louise had never ridden a street car, so it
was a special excursion for the young couple. When the engine started up,
she became ha`alulu (shaken)! He put his arm around her to calm her down.
She was terribly embarassed by that - especially in front of all the other
students, so she jumped up and flounced off the car. Pono reminded her,
"Weren't you going with us to have some of my Aunty Mariah's (Mariah Desha
Auld) beef stew?" Enticed by the reputation of Aunty Mariah's delicious pipi
stew, Louise got back on the trolly. (That stew must have been VERY enticing
as, eventually, Louise and Pono married and had several children, among them
the renowned Nona Beamer) As they traveled by trolley and walked around the
districts of Honolulu, the students began making verses to tell the story.
Several later became well-known entertainers, musicians, and songwriters.The
song was copyrighted by at least two of them, Andy Cummings and Webley
Edwards. Hula translation by Ka`i`ini Ga rza-Maguire